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Academic Vocab 1
Mr. Hoeve's Academic Vocabulary 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Main idea | what a piece of writing is mostly about |
| Contrast | how things are different |
| Author | the person who wrote the words in a piece of writing (like a book) |
| Setting | a place and time where something happens in a story |
| Persuade | to convince somebody to agree |
| Detail | a small part of a story, passage or other text |
| Compare | how things are the same |
| Inform | writing to give facts about a subject, person, or thing |
| Title | the name of a book, article, or other artistic work |
| Illustration | a drawing or painting that goes along with the text in a book |